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ABC’s OF DEATH
OMNIBUS EDITION
If you don’t already know your ABC’s (of
Death), now there’s no excuse with this
Omnibus Edition that collects both films in
the series together with some exclusive
new extras. The DVD and Blu-ray edition
has been cheekily (and appropriately?)
packaged in a 4-disc digipack designed
to resemble the beloved Golden Book
kids’ range – complete with gold-foiled
spine and incongruous (and removable)
R-rating! – so for god’s sake keep it out
of reach of children. Together with the
52 short films that comprise ABC’s of
Death Part 1 & 2, there’s a bonus disc of extras for each, with all-new special
features for Part 2. In addition to behind-the-scenes footage from selected shorts,
you get The Best of Monster Fest Shorts, showcasing the work of up and coming
filmmakers like Stu Simpson ( Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla), Eugenia Muggleton,
Jarret Gahan, Ryan Coonan, David Jackson and Caitlin Koller. All up, a fantastic
package of bite-sized viewing that can snacked on at your leisure, or digested all
at once and vomited up later. Available October 21
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October is Halloween and
the Friday Fright Night
cinema line-up has ample
treats in store.
A firm fixture on the horror and cult
movie calendar, the Friday Fright Night
screenings continue to showcase the best
in new releases and classic favourites
on the big screens at the Lido and New
Farm Cinemas in Melbourne and Brisbane,
respectively. October’s programme includes
a cavalcade of canine carnage in the
homegrown horrorThe Pack (Oct 2 Melb,
Oct 9 Bris), which will feature a Q&A
with the filmmakers; the blackly comic
Bring Me the Head of the Machine
Gun Woman (Oct 2 Bris, Oct 9 Melb);
Ted Geoghegan’s incredibly creepy ghost
story We Are Still Here(Oct 16), Ruggero
Deodato’s notoriously nastyHouse on the
Edge of the Park (Oct 23), and zombie
comedyCooties (Oct 30). The best has
been saved for last, however, with Eli
Roth’s long delayed cannibal opusThe
Green Inferno finally seeing the light of a
projector on Halloween Night, October 31.
For session times and tickets, visit www.
EJECTA
Genre regular Julian Richings
(Wrong Turn, Cube) plays a man
still traumatised by a close
encounter of the third kind that
occurred 40 years ago during
a solar flare. Hounded by a
UFO documentarian, sinister
government agents (are there
any other kind?) and a ruthless doctor, Richings’ past
returns to haunt him on the eve of another solar flare.
The British actor’s cadaverous features are a perfect
fit for this moody and non-linear sci-fi horror flick.
On DVD October 21
BACKCOUNTRY
How much horror can you bear?
Wilderness thrillers are back in
style and hot on the trail of Into
the Grizzly Maze comes another
Canadian production that pits
a camping couple against a
belligerent black bear, not to
mention a creepy guide and a thieving raccoon.
Based on a true story and
set against the stunning
backdrop of the Canadian
backwoods, this battle for
survival packs a solid and
brutal punch.
On DVD & Blu-ray on
October 21
FRIDAY NIGHT
FRIGHTS
WHITE SETTLERS
“Scotland’s a very friendly country” says one of the
characters in White Settlers, aka The Blood Lands,
but you’d never guess it from this UK horror-thriller. A
London couple relocate to the Scottish countryside and
take up residence in a farmhouse with a violent history.
Built on the site of “a ferocious battle between the
Scots and the English”, it takes a brave heart indeed
to survive the horror that’s unleashed
when a bunch of home invaders in
animal masks show up in the dead
of night. Starring Monster Pictures
favourite Pollyanna McIntosh (The
Woman, Let Us Prey), this slickly shot
exercise in terror and suspense is a
must-see for fans of You’re Next and
The Strangers. On DVD October 21
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